2017-08-29 15:58 GMT+02:00 Eike Hein <h...@kde.org>: > > On 08/29/2017 10:28 PM, Matthias Klumpp wrote: >> As some of you might already know, we at Purism are planning to >> develop a mobile phone that uses only free software and Matrix[2] for >> communication. We are currently running a crowdfunding campaign[1] in >> order to be able to make the phone a reality.> >> [...] >> >> Our scope for this project is limited, in order to be able to complete >> it successfully and not end up in a never ending development loop: The >> phone should be able to communicate via Matrix, have a web browser, >> make calls, take pictures. We are not aiming for a massive amount of >> apps, but instead want the basic functionalities of the phone working >> well when we ship it - more apps and features can be delivered later >> via Flatpaks and system updates. > > Very interesting! > > I'll let others reply about some of the more Plasma Mobile-specific > parts as they're better equipped to do so and will focus on the Matrix > part, as it piqued my interest with my "Konversation developer" hat on. > > Konversation is KDE's IRC client. As a by-product of an (ongoing) > conversation within the KDE community on whether we want to stick by IRC > or move on to another chat solution as 'the one' for the community, and > how to transition smoothly, we're currently (a) rewriting the UI to be > more convergent and allow for a mobile version and (b) looking to > retarget it as an IRC/Matrix client. > > This is a very early effort currently focused on UI experimentation and > rampup (read: there are no Matrix bits yet, although the Konvi team has > been following Matrix for a while and is to a degree familiar with the > technology). After a few initial sessions of hacking this months, here > are some (working and chatting) mockups of the UI direction: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cr7hirDzws&hd=1 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b88oqdlNyuU&hd=1 > http://imgur.com/a/bT7XE > > As you can see the UI is headed toward a responsive/convergent bent > (here with desktop-specific concessions) using KDE's Kirigami UI technology. > > As one of the main problems the community has with IRC is the poor state > of mobile access, a mobile version of Konversation for both Plasma > Mobile and Android - both platforms Kirigami easily deploys to - is > definitely planned, leveraging both Kirigami's convergent nature (and > meaning it, not buzzword bingo) and the ability to do form > factor-specific customization via KPackage. This work is currently being > done in collab with KDE's Visual Design group and with (code, advice) > support from the Kirigami team as well. > > Again, it's the early days of this effort - but I can confirm Matrix is > something we're interested in and gearing up to hack on, motivated in > large part by mobile. We share that one.
I was made aware of that effort already a few weeks ago, and it is looking great! I guess the default Matrix app in the Librem phone would have to be something focused on person-to-person communication and tight integration with the user's contact list, instead of being more group-chat centric like Konversation is. But having more choice in Matrix clients is a good thing, and maybe we can have different UIs for the same backend. Keep up the good work!